French police ambushed with shotguns

Yesterday, French police officers in the town of Castres, as small town in southern France, east of Toulouse, were attacked by masked men wielding hunting shotguns and other civilian firearms. Members of the police anti-crime unit were called to an area of the city known for criminal activity, and on arriving were attacked by “hooded youths,” giving the incident the appearance of an ambush. Two officers were injured. The head of the department decried the rising violence in this city of 40,000 people, claiming that his force is not up to the task, and requested assistance from CRS-8, a unit of the National Police created in 2021 to deal with high intensity urban threats related to drug trafficking, organized crime, and riots.

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